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Webinar EURL-PH-LEGI 2
Webinar EURL-PH-LEGI 2
Welcome to this video on Diagnostic and detection of Legionella longbeachae
Date : 4 May 2026
Audience : ELDSNet members
Scope and topics
This webinar was designed following the guidance by ECDC to establish a training plan on Legionella laboratory surveillance methods.
This webinar will guide participants through detection and typing of Legionella longbeachae in clinical and environmental samples.

Objectives
After participating in this webinar, participants will be able to:
Describe the epidemiology, clinical relevance, and transmission pathways of Legionella longbeachae, with emphasis on differences compared to L. pneumophila.
Explain the specific challenges associated with the detection of L. longbeachae in clinical and environmental samples, including limitations of routine diagnostic assays.
Compare diagnotic methods for Legionella longbeachae
Apply the cgMLST scheme for typing of Legionella longbeachae isolates
Identify appropriate sampling, culture conditions, and molecular methods for the detection of L. longbeachae in environmental samples.
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Webinar recordings
Webinar recordings
- Legionella longbeachae and potting soil - does climate change affect the increasing numbers
  Silja Mentula from Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare - THL (Finland) will describe the detection, relatedness and environmental sources of emerging Legionella longbeachae infections in Finland.
- The article is accessible here : doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2025.116788
- Genomic surveillance of Legionella longbeachae in New Zealand: Application of core-genome multilocus sequence typing
  Hilary Miller from the Public Health and Forensic Science (New Zeland) will introduce the audience to the development and validation of a core-genome multilocus sequence typing scheme for Legionella longbeachae.
- The article is accessible here : doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001467

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